Soul Meeting is a 1961 Atlantic Records album of recordings made by Ray Charles and Milt Jackson in 1957. The album was later re-issued together with the earlier Soul Brothers (1958), on a 2 CD compilation together with other 'bonus' tracks from the same Charles and Jackson recording sessions.
Reception On release the album was given a rating of 3.5 out of 5 in the February 1963 issue of Down Beat magazine.Down Beat: February 14, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 4 In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Cub Koda described the music as "bluesy jazz in a laid-back manner".
Track listing All songs composed by Ray Charles except as indicated.
Original LP release LP side A "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" – 5:27 "Blue Genius" – 6:38 "X-Ray Blues" – 7:01
LP side B "Soul Meeting" (Milt Jackson) – 6:03 "Love on My Mind" – 3:45 "Bags of Blues" (Jackson) – 8:49
Later CD compilation/re-issue CD disc 1 "How Long Blues" (Leroy Carr) – 9:16 "Cosmic Ray" – 5:23 "The Genius After Hours" – 5:24 "Charlesville" – 4:55 "Bags Of Blues" (Jackson) – 8:50 "'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 5:50 "Blue Funk" – 8:05
CD disc 2 "Soul Brothers" (Quincy Jones) – 9:34 "Bag's Guitar Blues" (Jackson) – 6:27 "Soul Meeting" (Jackson) – 6:04 "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" – 5:29 "Blue Genius" – 6:40 "X-Ray Blues" – 8:10 "Love On My Mind" – 3:46
Personnel
Ray Charles – vocals, piano, alto saxophone Milt Jackson – vibraphone Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone Kenny Burrell – guitar Oscar Pettiford – bass Percy Heath – bass Connie Kay – drums Art Taylor – drums Tom Dowd – engineer
References
Other sources Atlantic Records 1360 [ Soul Meeting] at allmusic.com